Question

Jarvis is a coffee farmer who wants to hedge his entire coffee crop that will be harvested by September. The December coffee contract (which consists of 37,500 pounds of coffee) is trading at $2.00 per pound, which the farmer views as a profitable price. To hedge the entire crop, which is expected to weigh 150,000 pounds, at the best price, Jarvis should:

Answer 1

Answer: Sell four December coffee future contracts at $2.00 per pound

Explanation:

Based on the scenario in the question, the number of contracts that is required for hedging the entire crop will be gotten by dividing the total number of crops by the pounds that are available in one contract. This will be:

= 150,000/37,500

= 4 contracts

Therefore, the answer will be for Jarvis to sell four December coffee future contracts at $2.00 per pound